They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!”
But there was no voice, and nobody answered.
They leaped about the altar which was made.
At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god.
Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.